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Supreme Court Pursues Microsoft, Best Buy Case
Lawyer Blogs 10/17/2007[##_1L|1382086187.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court Monday rejected an appeal in the racketeering case against Microsoft and Best Buy that alleges consumers had MSN accounts activated and were charged for them without their kno...
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House Democrats split on Armenian 'genocide' bill
Lawyer Blogs 10/17/2007[##_1L|1367073907.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]A House vote on whether to label as genocide the killings of 1.5 million Armenians by what is now Turkey -- a resolution that deeply offended that key U.S. ally -- could be delayed as Democrat...
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Supreme Court dumps Microsoft, Best Buy appeal
Lawyer Blogs 10/16/2007[##_1L|1192285868.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court Monday rejected an appeal by Microsoft Corp. and a unit of Best Buy Co. Inc. to dismiss a lawsuit alleging violation of racketeering laws through fraudulently signing up custo...
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Medtronic Faces Suit Over Cardiac Leads
Lawyer Blogs 10/16/2007A pair of former users of Sprint Fidelis cardiac leads made by Medtronic Inc. (MDT) said Tuesday they are suing the medical device firm over injuries they claim to have sustained from the product.The two are suing both for their own damages and as me...
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Attorney general pick has had terrorism cases
Lawyer Blogs 10/15/2007[##_1L|1324294369.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]Early in the Bush administration, Michael Mukasey's position at the intersection of terrorism and the justice system may have cost him a promotion. Mukasey, then chief judge of the federal cou...
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Law firm scolds school for trying to stop religious rap
Lawyer Blogs 10/15/2007[##_1L|1280098849.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]A religious civil liberties law firm is touting its intervention in a case that allowed a Monroe High School sophomore to perform a Christian rap song at a school talent show this week. A scho...
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WCI facing federal class action lawsuit
Lawyer Blogs 10/15/2007[##_1L|1035504425.jpg|width="130" height="132" alt=""|_##]WCI Communities Inc. is the latest developer to be targeted by homebuyers trying to get out of deals now that prices have fallen drastically. A federal class action lawsuit filed recently clai...
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US Supreme Court refuses to hear rendition case
Lawyer Blogs 10/12/2007[##_1L|1168729971.jpg|width="104" height="138" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal filed on behalf of a German citizen of Lebanese descent who claims he was abducted by United States agents and then tortured by them whil...
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Law firm fears government is tapping phones
Lawyer Blogs 10/12/2007[##_1L|1290790462.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]A law firm that represents clients at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Afghanistan is warning its Vermont clients that it believes the federal government has been monitoring its phones and compute...
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Big L.A. law firms score low on diversity survey
Lawyer Blogs 10/12/2007Large Los Angeles law firms have poor diversity records, with the numbers of female, black, Latino, Asian and gay partners and associates lagging significantly behind their representation in the city's population, according to a study released Wednes...
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Supreme Court Upholds Tuition Ruling
Lawyer Blogs 10/11/2007[##_1L|1118443943.jpg|width="127" height="85" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court on Wednesday let stand a ruling that the New York City school system must pay private school tuition for disabled children, even if the parents refuse to try public school pro...
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Onondaga land claim to be argued in federal court
Lawyer Blogs 10/11/2007The Onondaga Indian Nation's claim to 4,000 square miles of land running down the middle of the state and comprising some of the largest cities in upstate New York was to be argued in court Thursday. The central New York tribe filed claim in 2005 to ...